Golf in the Algarve Algarve Golf Breaks Portimao (West)
Portimao (West) |
 Tee Times Algarve golf breaks west area takes in a great mixture of golf, beaches and culture giving a real mixture for everyone to enjoy. The main town in this area is Portimao, which is surrounded by many interesting towns and villages for you to explore and Tee Times would state that this area gives you the best of our two other areas of Vilamoura and Tavira for your Algarve golf breaks. There are several great golf courses to play in this area including Penina, designed by the great Henry Cotton, Palmares and the Pestana courses of Vale da Pinta, Silves and Gramacho. Our accommodation gives a choice of quality accommodation in varied locations, ensuring all Tee Times clients of a great stay. Portimao and surrounding areas, offers a rich heritage of historical monuments, as well as the eternal natural beauty of the Ria de Alvor. The area’s charm of cultivated fields and slopes covered with pine trees and wild flowers will present anyone wishing to venture up into the hills a chance to enjoy a new perspective of the Algarve as they look down from this incredible and breathtaking location.There are many beautiful beaches in this area including Alvor, a long beach that stretches as far as the eye can see until it reaches the Ria de Alvor estuary, Vau, a charming beach flanked by cliffs and Joao de Arens, a small stretch of sand set amongst cliffs, rocks and islands, this beach was immortalised by the writer Manuel Teixeira Gores in his book “Agosto Azul” Portimao is known for being one of fishing’s big game centres on the Algarve and offers, anyone wishing to try something different on their Algarve golf breaks, a chance to catch fighting swordfish and other large game fish.
Anyone wishing to catch a cultural glimpse of this area of the Algarve should not miss out on visiting the old village of Mexilhoeira Grande which has been traditionally sustained by agriculture and the resources of the Ria de Alvor. It is another village with an historical church, which dates back to the 16th century and houses the chapel of Capela do Santissimo, chapel of the most holy. The Ria de Alvor, which is one of the most unknown facets along the Algarve, will give the visitor the chance to discover a world of total calm especially if taking a boat along its calm waters at dawn or dusk. The towns of Alvor, a Neolithic village with traces of Roman occupation, Abicada, a Roman architectural site at the confluence of two rivers, and Alcalar, with its important Neolithic & Chalcolithic burial grounds dating back to 2000 & 1600 BC are well worth exploring as well as the Arade Estuary which was used by Greeks, Romans, Normans and Crusaders who sailed up its waters for thousands of years to Silves, intent on trade or conquest. If you decide to take one of our Tee Times Algarve golf breaks to this area you’ll find a wealth of history and culture mixed with some modern Portuguese style, fine cuisine and excellent accommodation, making it a real treat for your Algarve golf breaks.
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